Shoe-heel.



. W. E. STEDMAN.

SHOE HEEL,

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1912 Patenteii Dec. 31, 1912.

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WILLIAM E. STEDMART, 0F ZANE SVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOQRTH TO JAMES I. 'VJHITE AND ONE-FOURTH ZG GEORGE A. WHITE, BOTH OF ZANEQVILLE, OHIO SHOE-HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1912. Serial No, 679,872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. STED- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Zanesville, in the county of Maskingum and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Shoe- Heels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention in shoe heels.

One object of the invention is to provide a shoe heel having an improved construc tion and arrangement of cushion and means to guard and protect the same from wear and to provide an even, durable tread surface for the heel;

' Another and further object of the invention is in the provision of a heel of the character described, whereby the same can be readily attached toa shoe in its complete and finished condition.

lVith this and other objects in view, the

elates to improvements invention consists of certain novel features oi construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a part of a shoe showing my improved heel applied thereto; F ig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section thereof: Fig. 3 is an inverted perspectiye View ofthe metal guard and protectin'g'plate for the cushion.

My improved heel comprises an upper 'or inner portion 1, which may be of any desired thickness and is preferably formed of one or more layers of leather. Arranged below the upper portion 1 of the heel is an intermediate portion or cushion 2 formed of a layer of rubber or other resilient material.

Below the cushion or resilient layer 2 is a metal protecting plate 3 having on its side and rear edges a depending guard -flange 4 which maybe 01" any suitable Width and. thickness. Arranged on the lower side of the plate 3 and within the sptice formed heel even without detracting from the resilienoy or yielding action of the cushion. The filler 5 when arranged on the protect ing plate in the manner described prevents any noise which might be occasioned thereby in walking and toa certain extent prevents the flange 4 from scratching or marring floors. It will thus be seen that a shoe provided with my improved heel will possess all the advantages of the usual form of cushion heel, at the same time the cushion by the flange 4 is a filler 5 of leather 'or other is protected from wear and the life and usefulness of the heel thus greatly. prolonged.

In practice the heel is manufactured in its complete form with the pointed ends of the nails (5 projecting beyond the upper layer? 1 with the heads of said nails embedded in the resilient layer 2 and in contact with a metallic protruding plate 3, whereby the hcel' thus constructed can be readily attached to a shoewithout disconnecting the various layers.

lrom the fore YOIIIO descri tlon taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. the construction and operation of the invention will be readilyunderstood Without requiring a more extended explanation. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is;

In a heel, a plurality of layers the lower one of which is composed of rubber, nails passing through said layers with their attaching ends projecting beyond the same, a metallic wear and protecting plate conforming to theshape of the layers and having a. that surface for contact with the rubber layer and the heads of the nails, a flange xrenclinq' about line periphery of the plate pt an the breast 9nd and forming an ina part of the plaiig n filling layer confined Within The flange of the plate with its breast edge on :1 line with the adjacent edges of the remaining lay'ars and plate, and fastenix lg devices for securing lha filling layer and plate to the adjacent rubber layer, whereby the heel can be read-:

ily attached to a shoe Without the employin men; of additional fastening (levicns.

In livstimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EVILLIAM STEDll L ll.

Vitnesses: EDGAR E. BAGLEY, Tums V DUTRO. 

